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Page 181
... perhaps inclined to the opposite fault , of replying too frequently even to his irrelevant and trivial sophistries , and of treating them , as arguments , with a degree of attention of which they were undeserving . " One thing alone ...
... perhaps inclined to the opposite fault , of replying too frequently even to his irrelevant and trivial sophistries , and of treating them , as arguments , with a degree of attention of which they were undeserving . " One thing alone ...
Page 184
... perhaps the greater number were from crowned heads , dis- covered their sense of its merit by compliment- ing or visiting its author ; and he was gratified by letters , replete with praise and with pro- fessions of esteem , from ...
... perhaps the greater number were from crowned heads , dis- covered their sense of its merit by compliment- ing or visiting its author ; and he was gratified by letters , replete with praise and with pro- fessions of esteem , from ...
Page 271
... perhaps Lord Lyt- tleton's acute explanation is the most correct , that " the politics of Milton at this time brought his poetry into disgrace ; for it is a rule with the English , they see no good in a man whose politics they dislike ...
... perhaps Lord Lyt- tleton's acute explanation is the most correct , that " the politics of Milton at this time brought his poetry into disgrace ; for it is a rule with the English , they see no good in a man whose politics they dislike ...
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